Electronic books have changed the way many people read for 15 . Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.
More than 16 students go to the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington. Last year, the school system used digital books in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed 17 printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.
“I mean, it’s just 18 a regular textbook, except it’s got it all online.” says Luke Rosa, a history teacher at Falls Church High School.
Peter Noonan, an assistant superintendent(主管) of schools says, “The world’s changing 19 . And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that 20 .”
“Digital books also cost 21 than printed textbooks,” he says, “Usually it’s between fifty and seventy dollars 22 a textbook for each student, which adds up to about eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. In fact, we have bought all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.”
Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a(an) 23 textbook. It has materials for students 24 different levels of reading skills…
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A．online B．printed C．digital D．electronic
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Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often 1 sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small 2 was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away 3 failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned 4 a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very 5 .
“Thank you for 6 me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be 7 !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was 8 ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the 9 of her happiness. She always smiled and 10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind 11 when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the 12 all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were 13 that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still 14 and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or 15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
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A．witch B．fairy C．ghost D．princess
A．village B．town C．city D．world
A．excited B．pleased C．glad D．afraid
A．shouted B．cried C．smiled D．jumped
A．young B．great C．nice D．quiet
One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite 1 at the answer. Thinking he had not made 2 understood or the girl had not 3 him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” 4 the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know 5 to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t 6 a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She 7 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the 8 , people will feel proud and9 when they are praised . So if someone says the 10 you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not 11 being proud, so sometimes you should be confident 12 being modest.
13 you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 14 . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will 15 get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.
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A．fail to B．expect to C．succeed in D．believe in
Do you like going to a zoo to see ____1___? How about ____2___ a zoo and feeding the animals yourself? It's not a joke. It happened both in a film and in the ____3___.
Benjamin Mee is a newspaper writer in Los Angeles, the US. His wife dies and he has to ____4___ his two young kids. Hoping for a fresh start for his family. Mee ____5____ his job and buys an old house on 73000 square meters ____6___ the city. The land comes with a special gift: a zoo in the country called the Rosemoor Animal Park!
The zoo was ____7___ because of the economy crisis (经济危机). With ____8___ raising them, about 200 animals are still living there.
The Mee family decide to help reopen the zoo. But it's not an easy job ____9___ they have no experience and little money. There are also unexpected ____10___, such as a bear running away one day.
This is the story of American movie We Bought a Zoo. It tells the real amazing story of Benjamin Mee.
A．tigers B．lions C．animals D．birds
A．buying B．visiting C．building D．renting
A．story book B．international website C．TV program D．real world
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A．finds B．gets C．quits D．loses
A．outside B．inside C．behind D．before
A．opened B．closed C．watched D．rebuilt
A．engineers B．nurses C．doctors D．zookeepers
A．since B．though C．whether D．however
A．surprises B．joys C．problems D．excitement
Although it was only autumn，everything outside was covered in white．Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big1 storm and no one was prepared．
We have two apple trees in our backyard．Prana，our dog，loves 2．When she goes outside，she usually grabs a dirty apple from the ground to eat later on．Prana knows that when she brings her treasure into the house，I am not always 3，so she tries to hide it from me．It is our little game．
On the day that it snowed too 4 in the season，Prana went outside and I 5 her from the window．I noticed that she was 6 lots of holes and bringing out the apples buried beneath the snow．She seemed to be 7 to dig up as many apples as she could．
But when she came back inside，she brought back only one．About five minutes later,I looked outside．The yard was completely 8 with birds．Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat．She knew that they hadn’t prepared 9 food for the early winter.
This beautiful act of unconditional love from a(an) 10 taught me what real kindness was．
A．sand B．snow C．thunder D．rain
A．apples B．winter C．games D．bones
A．clear B．correct C．happy D．surprised
A．1ate B．beautifully C．1ightly D．early
A．met B．watched C．called D．heard
A．hiding B．finding C．cutting D．digging
A．determined B．suitable C．nervous D．encouraged
A．hit B．marked C．covered D．taken
A．delicious B．enough C．1ess D．extra
A．teacher B．friend C．animal D．bird
People all over the world celebrate Valentine’s Day．However, the holiday 1 differently in different countries 2 each culture has its own Valentine’s Day customs．
For example，people in the United States and Japan both celebrate Valentine’s Day 3February 14．But in Japan，only romantic partners come together,while in America，it can be shared by anyone 4 is close，friend or lover．Chocolate is the most preferred gift in the US 5 it is common in Japan，too．However,in the US other kinds of gifts are 6 given，and many people exchange cards．
The biggest 7 is that in Japan，only girls and women．8 chocolates to boys and men，but in the US boys and girls will give cards or small gifts to all of 9 friends．And while American men and women both receive gifts，women usually get 10 expensive gifts than men．That’s why I would like to be a man in Japan but a woman in the US!
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